Madison County sheriff's officials confirm rumor circulating of potential shooting at Sparkman High School

Sparkman High School students are seen during a class change in this September 2011 file photo. Eric Schultz | eschultz@al.com

HARVEST, Alabama -- Madison County Sheriff's officials are increasing police presence at Sparkman High School, after rumors of a possible shooting began circulating several weeks ago.

"We're going to keep an eye on things," Sgt. Brian Chaffin said. "As far as a shooting, we don't have anything confirmed."

There has not been a direct threat to the school, Chaffin said, but confirmed the rumors are floating around on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Geraldine Tibbs, a spokeswoman for Madison County Schools, on Tuesday afternoon confirmed that there were rumors swirling around about something happening at Sparkman High, located at 2616 Jeff Road in Harvest, but declined to comment in detail about them. One thing she did say, however, is that the district has not found any evidence that the rumors were correct.